bookworm
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Mary is a bookworm who draws her apt conclusions about human behavior from written wisdom.
From Salon ● May 20, 2026
Just as when he’s poring over the playbook, the bearded bookworm reads with pen in hand or ready to note something on his phone.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 13, 2025
An under-the-radar prospect from Miami, Mendoza was such a bookworm in high school that some coaches stopped pursuing him because they questioned whether he really wanted to play football.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2025
As a child, she was a "bookworm" who loved attending acting classes and workshops.
From BBC ● Nov. 10, 2024
Lester was a bookworm, and Flopears could just about read, though he had to point at each word.
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
Los Angeles bookworms, clear your weekend plans: L.A.’s inaugurial Indie Book Crawl is kicking off this weekend.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
So I always imagined my own children would similarly be bookworms and geeks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2025
Flour-based glues come from the insides of wheat grains and include gluten — which bookworms love as much as the rest of us.
From Salon ● May 7, 2024
Flour glues are made from the insides of wheat grains, which includes the gluten that's so delicious to bookworms and microorganisms alike.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 25, 2024
“Yeah. Haley and Charles conked out, too. Guess it’s just us bookworms, huh?”
From "Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library" by Chris Grabenstein
